KATAGORY 5 are a progmetal band from Salt Lake City/UT. The band was formed in the summer of 1999 by Curtis Morell and Dustin Mitchell.
Man, these guys are damn fine ... pretty good ... headbashing .... spectacular. I wished upon every star since the late 80ies just to hear a progressive metal album like this again. Progressive Metal often is too epic, to keyboardish ... KATAGORY 5 bring back the progmetal in the style of FATES WARNING's smasher "No exit" and QUEENSRYCHE's "The warning". What this is ? Complex and raw metal in crystal sound, with vocals that cut the air and perfectly balanced between being strange, annoying, exciting, headbanging and catchy. This band has found a great mixture of complex riffs, syncopated rhythms, melodic leads and intense vocals.
This album is not 100% perfect, but it nearly is ... making this the best and most promising progressive metal underground release of 2001 ... by far .... nothing left to say ... quietus !
8 points

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